Blacking-dauber.



W. l. YOUNG.

BLACKING DAUBER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I2. 1916.

L226%32m Patented May 15, 1917.

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WILLIAM I. YOUNG, OF JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BLACKING-DAUIBER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 19117.

Application filed May 12, 1916. Serial No. 97,195.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVILLIAM I. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamaica Plain, in the county of Suffolk, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Blacking-Daubers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The purpose of this improvement is to provide a cheap but serviceable form of dauber which may be used as conveniently as ordinary brush daubers, in which improved dauber may be stored a supply of blacking that can be readily brought into use when needed; my present purpose being to provide a dauber which may be thrown away when the initial supply of blacking is exhausted or it may be re-charged with blacking if desired.

My improvement is illustrated in the annexed drawings, Figure 1 being a side view of my new form of dauber as it appears with the protective cover on, and Fig. 2 is a similar view with the cover removed.

Fig. 3 is a central, longitudinal, sectional, view of the dauber showing the blacking partly used up. In Fig. I I have illustrated the manner of rolling up the container in which the blacking is packed.

In these drawings the letter a denotes a tube and b is a cover for that end of said tube where the dauber proper is located. Within the tube a is what I regard as a novel package, comprising a ribbon 0 of cloth, felt or the like reasonably soft fabric, and a ribbon (Z of paper or the like reasonably stiif material; these two ribbons of difierent materials being rolled up together into the form of a tube that will fit snugly in the tube a first referred to; said tube a being preferably made of stiff material such as tin. Within the compound tube c-(Z I place a charge of blacking e and behind said charge I place a cork g which may serve as a piston plunger 'to force the blacking forward, when needed. I find, however, in practice, that, when my described dauber is in use, the exposed end of the cloth and paper tube wears back to some extent and, in order to compensate for such wear, I have so fitted the compound tube that it may be slid in the outer tube a if sufficient force is applied. Thus, when the compound tube is worn back to the end of the outer tube, it is only necessary to force the compound tube forward a quarter of an inch or thereabout. Ordinarily the blacking will be worn back faster than the compound tube but, as I have already explained, provision is made for feeding forward, independently of each other, the compound tube and the charge of blacking in the compound tube.

The described manner of constructing the compound tube provides a soft textile dauber proper that is stiffened, and supported, and is thus prevented from collapsing, or wearing away unduly, by the alter nate layers of paper, yet the texture of the paper is such that it will not scratch the softest leather.

My described device is so planned and constructed that it may be produced at a cost of a few cents only, and it may be used without soiling the hands of the user.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent l. A blacking dauber comprising an outer tube, an inner tubular container formed of two ribbons of relatively soft and stiff material rolled upon each other, a charge of blacking in said container, and means for feeding the blacking forward in said container.

2. A blacking dauber comprising an outer tube, an inner tube formed of a textile ribbon and a paper ribbon rolled upon each other, a charge of blacking in the said inner tube, and means for feeding the blacking forward in said inner tube.

3. A blacking dauber comprising an outer tube, an inner tube formed of two ribbons of relatively soft and stiff material rolled upon each other and adjustably seated in the outer tube, and a charge of blacking in the inner tube; the inner tube, and blacking, being independently adjustable with respect to each other and with respect to the outer tube.

WILLIAM I. YOUNG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

